Three more coronavirus-related deaths in Moray as 36 new cases confirmed
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THREE Moray residents have died due to Covid-19 within the last seven days, taking the area's death toll to 37 since the outbreak began.
Statistics released by Public Health Scotland show that 29 Moray residents have now died after a positive coronavirus test, up three on the 26 deaths confirmed last week.
Meanwhile, eight Moray residents have died and had Covid-19 mentioned on their death certificate – taking the area's death total to 37.
In the last week, 36 people tested positive for the virus across the area – taking the total number of cases confirmed in Moray to 1237.
This represents a reduction of a third on the 54 positive cases confirmed in last week's update, with only a slight fall in the number of tests taken.
Since February 21, 428 people have tested negative for the virus in Moray – down on 439 last week.
NHS Grampian – which includes Moray, Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen City – has now confirmed 13,517 cases of coronavirus since the outbreak began. That's an increase of 132 on the 13,385 reported last week.
Moray neighbourhood area update
More than a third of the cases confirmed in Moray between February 22 and February 28 were located in Lossiemouth, with 13 in the town (Lossiemouth West 10; Lossiemouth East and Seatown 3).
In previous weeks, the Keith and Fife Keith 'neighbourhood area' has been a hotspot – but the problem in the town is dying down, according to the numbers, with three cases confirmed in this update compared to 25 last week.
Only two other areas in Moray recorded three or more cases of Covid-19, Elgin East had six and Mosstodloch, Portgordon and seaward had four.
The remaining cases are spread across the area – however, an area will only show on the map if at least three cases have been confirmed.
This interactive map can be viewed by clicking HERE.
Scotland-wide update
Today's daily update shows 543 people in Scotland have tested positive for coronavirus overnight, with 35 deaths of people who tested positive for the virus confirmed.
During the week ending March 3, 27,641 people were newly-tested with 3918 testing positive for the first time. That's a reduction on the 5368 positive tests last week from 30,962 last week.
Since the outbreak began, 1,696,896 people in Scotland have been tested at least once, with 203,555 positive and 1,493,341 negative.
During the week ending February 28, 227 deaths were registered where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. That's a reduction on the 290 deaths confirmed the week prior.
That takes Scotland's death toll since the outbreak began to 9580. A total of 7371 of those died after testing positive for Covid-19.
A total of 69 people are in intensive care in relation to Covid-19, with 750 patients in hospital.
In total, 13,936 patients who have tested positive for Covid-19 have been released from hospital since March 5.
Cases by local authority
+ is number of cases confirmed within the last week
Glasgow City: 37,387 (+662)
North Lanarkshire: 19,661 (+382)
South Lanarkshire: 17,372 (+297)
Edinburgh City: 15,536 (+308)
Fife: 9914 (+190)
Renfrewshire: 9633 (+197)
West Lothian: 6733 (+219)
Aberdeen City: 6583 (+60)
Dundee City: 6270 (+97)
Falkirk: 5845 (+235)
East Ayrshire: 5823 (+97)
North Ayrshire: 5726 (+103)
Aberdeenshire: 5327 (+36)
East Dunbartonshire: 4772 (+65)
East Renfrewshire: 4284 (+80)
West Dunbartonshire: 4116 (+89)
Dumfries and Galloway: 4045 (+28)
Perth and Kinross: 4035 (+83)
South Ayrshire: 3835 (+48)
Highland: 3196 (+61)
Stirling: 2966 (+128)
Midlothian: 2915 (+87)
Angus: 2904 (+50)
Inverclyde: 2845 (+39)
Scottish Borders: 2813 (+20)
East Lothian: 2600 (+97)
Clackmannanshire: 2060 (+78)
Argyll and Bute: 1403 (+19)
MORAY: 1237 (+36)
Na h-Eileanan Siar: 272 (+4)
Shetland: 212 (-)
Orkney: 70 (-)
